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07/03/12

Mad Men Birthday Party

I am so excited to finally share all the picture from my Mad Men birthday party with you! I hope you’re ready to look at lots and lots of pictures! Let’s start with the basics. When you’re planning a Mad Men themed party there are certain things you will need…

#1: Great Invitations When it comes to needing amazing invitations there’s only one person to go to and that’s my friend Tracie of Tiny Oak Studio. Check out these fantastic invitations she made for me! (I’ve received lots of emails asking where these can be purchased, they can be customized and purchased by clicking HERE).

#2: Great props In every Mad Men picture you see online the characters are sitting around a desk with drinks in their hands. My party was in our backyard so I set up an “office” for the photo booth along with a few different seating areas with food, and of course a smoking lounge. What’s a Mad Men party without people smoking? Of course there are people like me that don’t smoke so I also purchased a huge pack of candy cigarettes. If you grew up in the 50/60’s you might recognize them.

I also printed out some 1960’s advertisements to set the scene. I loved this Disneyland ad… and of course more candy cigarettes!

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Then I got real “fancy” and purchased some cigars for the men and cloves for the girls that really do like to smoke. Both were a huge hit and really made the night.

Do you like my candy cigarette prop with the ashes from our fire pit? 🙂

#3: Great drinks The next thing a Mad Men party needs is great drinks! I did my research and found a few really yummy drinks form the Mad Men time period, among my favorites were the French 75 and the Old Fashioned. I also hired a bartender {for the first time ever} that was awesome and mixed the drinks perfectly all night long.

#4: Pictures Last but not least there must be lots and lots of pictures! There’s no point in throwing a great party if you don’t take lots of fun pictures to remember the night!!!

These next pictures are awesome but I want to make sure and point out that my pregnant friend was not drinking or smoking. She did a great job playing the roll of a woman that was pregnant in the 60’s but she was definitley sipping on sparkling water and puffing on candy cigarettes all night!

I love my friends! They are fabulous!!!

I asked my friend Melissa to make my cake {so that I didn’t have to make my own} and she went above and beyond! She researched what the popular cake was back in the 50/60s and ended up making me a mouth watering, most delicious cake ever lemon chiffon cake. It was to die for and it looked incredible too!!!

As you can see from the pictures it was a super fun party! Thank you to all my fabulous friends for showing up and making it a great night!

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"Hi, I'm Anna! Wife, mother, child of God, and the founder of Ask Anna. I have always enjoyed cleaning, organizing, decorating and helping people, so I've put that all together on the pages of this blog. I truly hope my tips help you in your home and make sure to contact me if you have a question!"

The invite is divine! You did such an amazing job with everything and how great did everyone look? So great I bet it was hard to come back to the present. Speaking of presents, I hope you got plenty – I consider finding your blog a sweet little gift on this “Inspiring’ Friday.

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